we captured brief info on xx projects

groups got together to look at them

what patterns did we see?:


NRM PROJECTS

??? projects

- much conservation agriculture
- focus on soils
- many existing projects, eg o water and watersheds, missing
- work on tradeoffs is there
- water harvesting projects here

SYSTEMS PROJECTS

??? projects

- strong connection with NRM projects; blurring of boundaries
- dissemination of technologies, improved varieties, improved production systems
- tend not to be very specific; paper too small to describe them
- lot of conservation agriculture

CROPS PROJECTS

- much breeding against stress, drought
- seed systems and seed delivery
- many are regional in scope
- dominance of legumes and maize

LIVESTOCK PROJECTS

- many fewer projects compared to crops
- separating crops from livestock not helpful; many should be in a systems grouping (aspirational)
- fish largely missing

OTHER PROJECTS

25 projects

focus on:
- nutrition
- capacity building
- markets
- plant health
- mycotoxins
- food safety
- climate change/adaptation
- strengthening faculty/grad students